Posted on 06/28/2015 1:00:10 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
MALONE – David Sweat was shot by a state trooper in the Town of Constable Sunday afternoon, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation said.
Sweat is bleeding badly, according to the source who called his wounds “life-threatening.”
The Press-Republican also reported that David Sweat was shot. The paper said he is seriously wounded.
Constable is just north of Malone, where Matt was shot Friday afternoon, and just south of the Canadian border.
More than 1,300 federal, state and local officers were hunting for Sweat in the dense woods of Franklin County in the northern Adirondack Mountains.
More than a dozen state police cars were seen racing away from the Malone barracks shortly after 3 p.m.
Earlier Sunday, law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation said David Sweat’s DNA was found on a pepper shaker in an area about a mile away from where Matt was shot.
But it was unclear as to whether Sweat was near Matt when a U.S. Customs and Border Protection tactical team opened fire on him with a semi-automatic weapon and shot him three times in the head.
The pepper shaker was found in an area where authorities believe Matt and Sweat were resting, the source said.
The pepper wasn’t for seasoning food, the law enforcement source said. Pepper is often used by people on the run who are trying to throw off K9 units. Ralph “Bucky” Phillips, who escaped from the Erie County Correctional Facility in Alden, tried the same tactic when he was on the run in 2006.
The new DNA evidence is the best indicator that Sweat could still be in the dense woods of Franklin County, in the northern Adirondack Mountains.
As two days passed since Matt was killed, speculation had grown that Sweat had somehow eluded the hundreds of law officers searching for him.
The last time there was any confirmation of his whereabouts came last weekend when DNA tests confirmed both men had been at an Owls Head hunting camp reported burglarized on Saturday. Matt’s DNA turned up at another burglarized cabin in the area Wednesday, but they was no evidence – either forensic or sightings – of Sweat.
That was until the tests on the DNA from the campsite came back Friday.
In the meantime, autopsy results on Matt’s body came back that showed his three days on the run were grueling – and that he met a quick and bloody end.
“Dr. Michael Sikirica determined the cause of death to be severe skull fractures and brain injuries due to gunshot wounds to the head,” a statement from State Police about the autopsy results said.
Matt was shot three times by a Vermont-based U.S. Customs and Border Protection Tactical Unit member who discharged several rounds from a semi-automatic weapon, officials said.
Also, the autopsy, conducted Saturday at Albany Medical Center, revealed that Matt probably spent most of the last three weeks in the outdoors.
He was shot about 40 miles west of Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, from which he and Sweat escaped through the pipes June 6.
Bug bites were found on Matt’s lower extremities, along with “blisters and minor abrasions consistent with living in the woods for three weeks,” the statement read.
The Buffalo News reported Sunday that Matt was also ill and drunk when he was shot. A law enforcement source revealed that soiled underwear was found Wednesday in a burglarized cabin. The DNA on the underwear was matched to Matt and indicated he was sick, possibly from drinking bad water or eating spoiled food. The source also said Matt’s body had a strong odor of alcohol. The owner of a cabin that had been burglarized found empty booze bottles.
I meant that Cuomo was unwilling to go after both of the criminals by himself, as he seemed to be implying after the initial escape when he wanted to get all the glory of a quick capture for his political benefit. Thus after waiting for the police to get rid of one of them, he should have said, “Ok boys, capturing Sweat is my personal mission. Give me a stun gun and I’ll go after him myself and capture him.”
I love how the terms “Constable” and “Barracks” are used to describe Law Enforcement and their Facilities.
Now, I hope the Bastard bleeds out. But hey, that’s just me.
Life threatening wounds? You Don’t Say!!!
Fracking dogs might get PETA upset.
Messy too.
BREAKING NEWS: DAVID SWEAT, left, who escaped from a prison in Dannemora, N.Y., has been shot and caught alive near the Canadian border, sources tell Fox News, two days after escaped killer Richard Matt was gunned down by authorities.
3 shots to the head. I'd say that's excellent communication.
Breaking news is always fast moving.
What I understand at this time:
Sweat was captured and is in the small-town hospital. Troopers are guarding the hospital.
The question now is whether he has to be transferred to a better trauma center.
IN NY the state trooper buildings are refereed to as barracks and the Town is named Constable.
If I shoot you at say, 100 yds, or 200 yds, and hit you, don't you think there might be a possibility that I could run you down and catch you within a maximum of 10 minutes?
David Sweat captured, in custody, in hospital!
Leni
It’s pretty desolate up there in the North Country. Not a lot of hospitals around, and I would not expect a lot of facilities for saving the life of someone that seriously injured.
Likely all they could do is stabilize him and Medivac him to somewhere better able to handle those kinds of injuries.
Oh well.......
All you would need is one dog trained to follow black pepper trails.
“Also, the autopsy, conducted Saturday at Albany Medical Center, revealed that Matt probably spent most of the last three weeks in the outdoors.”
Reason in my Opin is he was covered with ticks,deer and other garden varieties not to mention poison ivy,mosquitos etc.Kinda a funny,he was probably happy to be shot.
So hopefully this Sweat guy will be blessed with Lyme and hopefully undetected,rot his brain going forward....!!
“If I shoot you at say, 100 yds, or 200 yds, and hit you, don’t you think there might be a possibility that I could run you down and catch you within a maximum of 10 minutes?”
Yes, but reports are he is/was armed. So an abundance of caution would suggest go slow and not be in a rush to get shot.
Letting him bleed to death?
Well, that’s strange. I thought they only shot black suspects.
CNN
Police official in phone interview:
Sweat is conscious.
Unknown yet whether he will be transferred to another trauma center.
After almost three weeks he only made it 30 miles from the prison. That’s poor planning.
Cuomo sure as hell ain’t a Sarah Palin. He’d piss himself.
awesome news. It would seem hard to survive three shots to the head so hopefully he dies and it is over.
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